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Neighborhood · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally

Spencer Eviction Risk: Lower , New Lenox

Tract 17197881115 · Will County, IL · pop 5,291 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

With a score of 3/10, tract 17197881115 in the Spencer area of New Lenox, IL reads lower for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 5,291 residents. Cost burden runs 81% here against 40.4% across Will County.

Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 4% Stable renters 1% Owners 95%
Tract context
Occupied units1,655
Renter share5.5%
SVI overall0.00
Poverty rate0.8%
Median income$131,860

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
0 th percentile
Rank, 0th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 2 tracts In Spencer
Very Low
Within parent city
29 th percentile
Rank, 29th percentileLowHigh
#6 of 8 tracts In New Lenox
Low
Within county
9 th percentile
Rank, 9th percentileLowHigh
#156 of 172 tracts In Will County
Very Low
Within state
12 th percentile
Rank, 12th percentileLowHigh
#2,873 of 3,263 tracts In Illinois
Very Low
Geographic context

Risk heat across New Lenox and the region

Centroid at 41.5078, -87.9455 · click any tract to drill in

Why Spencer scores 3

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from New Lenox
5.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.4
State political climate
Illinois legislature & governorship
5.2
Economic stress
0.8% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$2,036 rent vs county FMR
6.6
Rent control risk
Inherited from New Lenox
6.4
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
5.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from New Lenox
2.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from New Lenox
4.2

How Spencer compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Spencer risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 3.03.0This tracttract 881115New Lenox: 4.04.0New Lenoxparent cityCounty: 4.24.2Countyavg tract in countyState: 5.15.1Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 0

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Spencer. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Spencer

36% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. At $2,036 a month, rents run 42% over what the rest of New Lenox commands.

Pulling hardest the other way is economic stress at 1/10. It sits 1.2 points below the Will County average of 4.2.

Running cool, tenant-organizing strength reads 2.7/10. Food insecurity runs 7.8% against 17.8% nationally.

The voucher gap is 15.6%: households holding assistance that local rents will not absorb, which surfaces as churn rather than arrears. SNAP participation runs 6.6% against 15.2% nationally. Nationally it ranks #67,219 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Only 6% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices. Social vulnerability reads 1/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks. Statewide the IL average is 5.1, so this tract runs 2.1 points cooler.

Of its three components the socioeconomic standing measure is the least pressured. Poverty sits at 1%, low enough that arrears here usually signal a specific shock rather than a structural income gap.

These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.

Frequently asked

About tract 17197881115

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 17197881115?

Census tract 17197881115 in the Spencer neighborhood scores 3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 17197881115?

Median gross rent is $2,036/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 81% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 17197881115?

0.8% of residents in tract 17197881115 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,291.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 17197881115?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 0th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 1th, household 6th, minority 14th, housing 2th.
Q5

Is tract 17197881115 considered part of Spencer?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 17197881115 fall within Spencer (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

What share of households in tract 17197881115 struggle to pay rent?

About 7.8% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 4.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7

How does tract 17197881115 compare to New Lenox overall?

Tract 17197881115 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of New Lenox at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from New Lenox; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in New Lenox

Top eight tracts in New Lenox ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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